Drug Recovery and Copay Assistance Program in a Community Cancer Center: Charity and Challenges.

Purpose: The cost of cancer care is escalating dramatically, in part because of the rising expense of systemic cancer therapy. This creates financial dilemmas for patients and insurers and potential economic disruption for institutions attempting to provide cancer care to the underserved. Our institution initiated a drug recovery and copay assistance program (DRCAP) to mitigate the impact of the rising cost of parenteral medications.